Analyze the Similarities between the 19th Century United States Ideology of Expansionism and Imperialism in the 20th Century

Prompt Analysis

• Skill/Task: Comparison
• Main Idea: Expansionism and Imperialism
• Subtopics: Westward Expansion, Pacific Conflicts
• Time Period: 19th Century - Early 20th Century

Document 5

HIPP

• H: Philippine annexation

• I: Congress

• P: Benefits of Annexation

• Pov: Senator

Document 6

HIPP

• H: Open door and China Trade

• I: American Public

• P: Show new Chinese connection

• Pov: Most likely American

Outside Evidence

War with Native Americans

US fought Native Americans in an effort to make more room for settlers to move west

Homestead Act

The Homestead Act pushed gave people an outlet from the struggle in big cities in the northeast, acting as a 'safety valve'

Mid 19th Century

Outside Evidence

Social Darwinism

An ideology that applied Darwinism  to sociology and politics; superior groups surpass inferior ones in society. Major reasoning for US imperialism

Spanish American War

US intervention in Spanish-held Cuba. Cuba was a Spanish Colony, which was a non-freedom thing to have so close to the US

Late 19th - Early 20th Century

Philippine-American War

Annexation of the Philippines by the US after the Philippine Revolution 1896. Good example of the US expansionist foreign policies in this later period